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  * Copyright 2007-2010 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  *

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  *

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 package org.kuali.rice.ksb.messaging.serviceconnectors;

 /**

  * ResourceFacade interface.  RESTful services can be registered with more than one resource class,

  * and the ResourceFacade allows you to select the resource class by resource name

  * (the URI sub-path past the service root) or resource class.

  *

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 public interface ResourceFacade {

         /**

          * get the resource corresponding to the given sub-path

          */

         public <R> R getResource(String resourceName);

         /**

          * get the resource for the provided type

          */

         public <R> R getResource(Class<R> resourceClass);

         public boolean isSingleResourceService();

 }